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Compositions of John Flaxman, sculptor, R.A., from the Divine poem of Dante Alighieri : containing Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. With quotations from the Italian, and translations from the version of the Reverend H. Boyd, to each plate.

Accession number
PML 145636
Creator
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.
Published
London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved t.p. reads: Compositions from the Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri, by Iohn Flaxman, scvlptor. Engraved by Thomas Piroli, from the drawings in possession of Thomas Hope, esqr. 1793.
A total of 110 engraved plates by Piroli after Flaxman (excluding t.p.'s), presented in three separately numbered series.
Description
[1], 38, [1], 38, [1], 33 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (engraving) ; 33 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Later vellum.
Classification
Book
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Department
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